People v. Clements
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Livingston. (Newton, J.) Respondent was convicted of resisting an officer in the service of a writ of attachment, and sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
The respondent was informed against in the Livingston county circuit court for resisting the sheriff in his attempt to serve a writ of attachment.
The property attempted to be taken consisted of a pair of horses, wagon, and harness, whiffletrees, and two horse-blankets. The respondent claimed them as exempt and not liable to levy upon attachment or execution, and insisted upon his right to use so much force as was necessary to prevent the •sheriff from taking the property from him, and that he used no more.
On the trial the respondent was convicted, and afterwards *656sentenced to nine months’…
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